Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

johnny_ultimate · 05-01-2023 05:26PM

Folks, if you want to discuss the plot of Glass Onion in depth there’s a busy and spoiler-heavy thread here rather than clogging up the general recommendations thread: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058185569/glass-onion-knives-out-2-spoilers-from-post-84/p1

Caquas · 05-01-2023 07:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120070078#Comment_120070078

No spoilers in my comments. The twin sister is introduced in the first few minutes.

johnny_ultimate · 05-01-2023 07:17PM

Mod note: @Caquas please don’t post untagged spoilers in this general Netflix recommendation thread - what you’re posting is very much a significant plot reveal in the film. You can discuss the film freely without spoiler tags in the dedicated thread. Thanks.

05-01-2023 07:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120057973#Comment_120057973

Is Ottomans any use?

ShamoBuc · 05-01-2023 09:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120070688#Comment_120070688

I quite enjoyed both of them.

Glass Onion - watchable but Knives Out was better I thought.

peteeeed · 06-01-2023 08:12AM

The Pale Blue Eye (2022) Based on the 2006 book of the same name by Louis Bayard, Scott Cooper’s gothic drama takes us back to 1830, West Point, where a world-weary detective is hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case — a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe. Harry Melling (The Old Guard) will play Poe, with Christian Bale playing the lead detective. They’re joined by Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody).

Pressure Cooker season 1 (2023) Living under one roof, eleven chefs use culinary skills and strategic plays in a tense cooking contest where they vote on who among them will win $100,000.

Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld (2022) This docuseries takes us back to 1990s Mumbai, when a crime boss and his network wield unchecked power over the city — until the rise of “encounter cops”, who brazenly kill their targets.

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Caquas · 06-01-2023 09:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120070648#Comment_120070648

If you think my very brief comments were “spoilers”, you would be shocked to read the plot descriptions in the mass media reviews of Glass Onion.

Admittedly, the media generally loved this film so maybe that’s why I’m a “spoiler”.

FunLover18 · 06-01-2023 10:29AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120072574#Comment_120072574

Glass Onion spoilers

The fact that Janael Monae is playing a twin sister is a late movie reveal, yes she is introduced in the first 5 minutes but the audience is clearly meant to believe she *is* Andi. Maybe you had it spoiled by media reviews but that's no reason to spoil it for others.

johnny_ultimate · 06-01-2023 10:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120072574#Comment_120072574

You're free to freely post any plot detail you'd like in the dedicated thread about the film, and you're 100% encouraged to be as positive or negative as you'd like about the film too! But please just put a significant plot reveal - and it is one, no matter what other media outlets have printed - in spoiler tags in this thread, as it's a general Netflix recommendations thread and there will be people who are posting here not expecting to see a major reveal from a new film posted with no warning.

Thanks, and let's all get back to recommendations now please :)

Man Vs ManUre · 06-01-2023 11:20AM

Is Happy Valley on any of the streaming yokes??

Gremlinertia · 06-01-2023 11:27AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120070688#Comment_120070688

Not bad at all. Gave me a better picture of that period

ILikeBoats · 06-01-2023 12:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120073091#Comment_120073091

I'd say just BBC iPlayer which is geoblocked without VPN

johnny_ultimate · 06-01-2023 12:27PM

A proper gem added recently - Scorsese's Age of Innocence. Perhaps the single-most atypical feature in the great director's filmography... and that's allowing for his *extremely* varied and diverse career. But it's an exquisitely crafted costume drama full of remarkable images and stellar performances.

https://youtu.be/I3Mx8OSlNYM

pavb2 · 06-01-2023 07:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120071144#Comment_120071144

I looked for the 1st series of Ottomans on Netflix but couldn’t find it. Is it anywhere else?

peteeeed · 06-01-2023 07:22PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_MuZmJNirw

ShamoBuc · 06-01-2023 08:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120075565#Comment_120075565

Not sure, I watched it on Netflix a couple of weeks ago. It might pop up again in a few days, no real reason why it would be gone so quickly.

yabadabado · 06-01-2023 08:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120075565#Comment_120075565

It's still there for me.

Both seasons.

peteeeed · 07-01-2023 09:06AM

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) It's 1969. A TV actor and his stunt-double friend weigh their next move in an LA rocked by change as the scene's hottest couple arrives next door...MASSIVE RECOMMENDATION

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sherrupyew · 07-01-2023 11:09AM

Intimacy (2022) - I was totally gripped by this 8-part Spanish miniseries. It follows the impact of a leaked sex tape on a mayoral candidate. It also follows a parallel workplace harassment story in a factory, for reasons that soon become apparent.

Thought the writing, acting and directing was excellent. It tackles a serious subject matter with the necessary intelligence and empathy. Takes its time to make its case, but I really can't fault it. Top-notch drama.

Avoid the awkward dubbing and switch on the subs.

https://youtu.be/9pZrPauX_WM

Caquas · 08-01-2023 12:26AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120048400#Comment_120048400

I watched to the end, just to see where it was going. Don’t bother.

The last half-hour is weird and only loosely connected with what went before. There are some interesting ideas in this film but the overall effect is confusing and I couldn’t engage with it even if there was enough to keep me watching.

Probably intended as Oscar bait but I can’t imagine anyone will get excited about it.

joeguevara · 08-01-2023 01:34AM

Have to give a big recommendation to the documentary ‘Sins of our Mother’. Stumbled upon it by accident and reading the summary had everything I like ‘crime, religion, brainwashing, bumbling police, cliff hangers, a hot woman who potentially is evil’. I wasn’t let down. Binged the whole thing in one go. The world is crazy.

Another documentary that blew my mind was https://youtu.be/AbsaUHdxGHg the documentary on hot yoga but it’s crazy guru bikram. About 15 years ago my mate was dating a girl running a hot yoga studio and he was telling me all these bizarre things about when she was being trained by him. Thought it was embellished in order for an entertaining story. Well that’s not my opinion anymore. But this is a must watch. Again the world is nuts.

ShamoBuc · 08-01-2023 11:49AM

Not sure if mentioned but Season 4 of Fauda is due to arrive on Jan 20th - looking forward to that.

The Black Oil · 08-01-2023 02:42PM

JUNG_E gets a full trailer, following the teaser a few weeks ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCxnmfdxJ6s

Gremlinertia · 08-01-2023 06:51PM

Recommend Woman of the dead, Austrian whodunnit, northern Europe and Scandinavian shows seem to be right up my street so maybe not for everyone

budgemook · 08-01-2023 08:25PM

Looking forward to White Noise now. Last film with similar comments on here was The Lost Daughter, which I thought was great :D

Zak Flaps · 09-01-2023 02:01AM

As someone who didn't know the full story about him, I found MADOFF:The Monster Of Wall Street absolutely fascinating.

Gremlinertia · 09-01-2023 02:08AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084261#Comment_120084261

Oh so it's good to go in blind then?. Whatever i knew of it i've forgotten but i've it listed up to watch

noahungry · 09-01-2023 10:07AM

I watched God's crooked lines recently, a great psychological thriller by one of my favorite directors Oriol Paulo (The Invisible guest, Mirage, The body...). I definitely recommend watching it, same goes for his other movies I mentioned and The innocent (mini-series).

peteeeed · 09-01-2023 04:31PM

https://twitter.com/NewOnNetflixUK/status/1612485353109176328?s=20&t=6e3Zdv5fNWunLAi1zbW1yQ

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 09-01-2023 08:13PM

I finally watched RRR, and its all the thing everyone said it was. But I was confused about the language and subtitles. When it started they were speaking English so I didn't think anything of it. But then the locals started speaking it to each other, and I realised it was on the English dub. I could only find Hindi on the options for audio, but at times it still looked like it was dubbed?

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